[perl #61754] 'Data::Dumper' reports double value as string.

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This is a bug report for perl from 0body0@rambler.ru,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.36 running under perl 5.10.0.


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$ perl -MData::Dumper -e'print Dumper(1.0)'
$VAR1 = '1';
must be:  
$VAR1 = 1;

===Note single quotes===

Best regard, grian

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Flags:
    category=library
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl 5.10.0:

Configured by gtoly at Sat Nov  1 16:44:39 MSK 2008.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.24.4, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux toh-dev 2.6.24.4 #2 smp mon oct 6 15:36:34 msd 2008 x86_64 amd opteron(tm) processor 852 authenticamd gnulinux '
    config_args=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /lib64 /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib64
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.6.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.6.1'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O3 -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl 5.10.0:
    /home/gtoly/lib
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0
    .

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Environment for perl 5.10.0:
    HOME=/home/gtoly
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:~/bin:/home/toh/toh.ru/bin
    PERL5LIB=/home/gtoly/lib
    PERL5OPT= -M5.010 -MData::Dumper
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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• [perl #61754] 'Data::Dumper' reports double value as string. by Anatoly Grishaev
• Re: [perl #61754] 'Data::Dumper' reports double value as string. by Slaven Rezic